28 harikaambhOji janya
Aa: S R2 M1 P N2 S
Av: S N2 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S

taaLam: jhampa
Composer: Tyaagaraaja
Language: Telugu

pallavi

dharmAtma nannipuDu daya jUDavE yana marmamuna balukunadi mancidO

caraNam 1

patita pAvanuDani bAga pErai nIku matilEka uNDunadi mancidO

caraNam 2

gatilEni nanu nIvu kAvavE yanti sammati lEka uNDunadi mancidO

caraNam 3

ninu jUDa padivELa kanulu kAvale naNTi manupaka uNDunadi mancidO

caraNam 4

Emi nEranu pAdamE migula gatiyaNTi nAmIda nepamencuTa mancidO

caraNam 5

nIdu mAyalacEta niSthUra mEla mammAdu kOkanuNDa mancidO

caraNam 6

nATi vacanamulella nayamu cEyavenaNTi mAtADa kuNDanadi mancidO

caraNam 7

rAjanuta shrI tyAgarAja rakSaka shrta samAja nanu maracunadi mincidO rAma

Meaning:

pallavi

dharmAtma - Oh righteous
nannipuDu - now at me
daya jUDavE - show kindness
Yana - when I say
Marmamuna - secretly
Balukunadi - such words
mancidO - is that good?

caraNam 1

patita pAvanuDani - remover of the sins
bAga - good
pErai name
nIku - for you
matilEka - mindless
uNDunadi - behaviour
mancidO - is it good?

caraNam 2

gatilEni - with no options
Nanu - for me
nIvu kAvavE yanti - when I say protect me
sammati lEka - without agreeing
uNDunadi - staying
mancidO - is it good?

caraNam 3

ninu jUDa - to look at you
padivELa - ten thousand
Kanulu - eyes
kAvale - are needed
naNTi - I said
Manupaka - without a word
uNDunadi - staying
mancidO - is it good?

caraNam 4

Emi nEranu - what mistake
pAdamE - your feet
Migula - very
gatiyaNTi - resort for me
nAmIda - upon me
nepamencuTa - accusing
mancidO - is it good?

caraNam 5

nIdu - your
mAyalacEta - with mischievous
niSthUra - ill words
mEla - why?
mammAdu - save us
kOkanuNda - without helping us
mancidO - is it good?

caraNam 6

nATi vacanamulella - all those words from that day
Nayamu - relief
cEyavenaNTi - make it
mAtADa kuNDa - without talking
adi - that
mancidO - is that good?

caraNam 7

rAjanuta - praising the kings
shrI tyAgarAja - sri tyagaraja
rakSaka - protector
Shrta - good
samAja - society
Nanu - me
Maracunadi - forgetting
mincidO - is it good?
rAma - oh rAmA!

Summary

Oh, kind one! Is it good that you keep quiet when I ask you to shower your kindness? You are known to be the remover of the sins but is it good that you got it due to your absence of mind? Is it good that you stay without any consent when I have no other option and come to you for protection? Is it good that you are non committal when I say one needs ten thousand eyes to watch you? Is it good to accuse me for I have only thought of a resort at your feet? Is it good that you stay without helping us and instead you mischievously utter ill words? Is it good to stay quiet when I asked you to provide solace from all the words that day? Oh rAmA! You are that protector of Tyagaraja and praised by the kings, good people and the society. Is it good to forget me/Tyagaraja?

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Other information:
Lyrics contributed by Lakshman Ragde. Meaning contributed by Aparna Gunupudi.